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1、5.THELOGICOFTHESOCIALSCIENCES5ThisgivesanewtwisttotheSocraticideaofignorance.Witheachstepforward,witheveryproblemwesolve,wenotonlydiscovernewandunsolvedproblems,butwealsodiscoverthatjustwhenwebelievedthatwewerestandingonfirmandsafeTHELOGICOFTHESOCIALground,allthingsar
2、e,inreality,insecureandunstable.SCIENCESOfcourse,mytwothesesaboutknowledgeandignoranceonlyappeartocontradictoneanother.Thechiefcauseofthisapparentcontradictionliesinthefactthattheword'knowledge'isusedinaratherdifferentsenseineachofthetwotheses.Yetbothsensesareimportan
3、t,andsoareboththeses:somuchsothatIproposetomakethisexplicitinthefollowingthirdthesis.Thirdthesis:EverytheoryofknowledgehasafundamentallyIproposetobeginmypaperonthelogicofthesocialsciencesimportanttask,whichmayevenberegardedasitscrucialtest:itwithtwotheseswhichexpresst
4、hecontrastbetweenourknowl-mustdojusticetoourfirsttwothesesbyclarifyingtherelationsedgeandourignorance.betweenourremarkableandconstantlyincreasingknowledgeFirstthesis:Wehaveafairamountofknowledge.Moreover,weandourconstantlyincreasinginsightthatinrealityweknowknownotonl
5、ydetailsofdoubtfulintellectualinterest,butalso,nothing.andmoreespecially,thingsthatarenotonlyofconsiderablèIfwegiveitalittlethought,itgoesalmostwithoutsayingthatpracticalimportance,butmay,inaddition,provideuswithdeepthelogicofknowledgemustaddressthistensionbetweenknow
6、l-theoreticalinsight,andwithasurprisingunderstandingoftheedgeandignorance.Animportantconsequenceofthisinsightisworld.formulatedinmyfourththesis.ButbeforeIpresentthisfourthSecondthesis:Ourignoranceisboundlessand.sobering.Indeed,thesis,Ishouldliketoapologizeforthemanyth
7、esesthatarestilltoitispreciselythisoverwhelmingprogressofthenaturalsciencescome.MyexcuseisthatitwassuggestedtomethatIassemblethis(towhichmyfirstthesisalludes)thatcontinuallyremindsusofourpaperintheformofnumberedtheses.Ifoundthissuggestionveryusefuldespitethefactthatth
8、isstylemaycreatetheimpressionofignorance,eveninthefieldofthenaturalsciencesthemselvesdogmatism.Here,then,ismyfourththesis.Op
